Crepes with Easy Homemade Raspberry Jam

Ingredients

Crepes
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp CSR Raw Caster Sugar
240ml milk
2 eggs

Raspberry Jam
1kg raspberries (frozen can be used if fresh unavailable)
2 x 500g packs of CSR Jam Setting Sugar
A knob of butter (10g)

Method

Crepes:
1. Place ingredients in a food processor or blender with a pinch of salt.

2. Blend until smooth, then strain into a jug. Cover and set aside to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.

3. Dip a piece of paper towel in melted butter and use to brush base of a 16cm non-stick crepe pan or frypan over medium heat. When hot, pour in just enough batter to cover the base. Tilt pan so batter covers base in a thin film and pour any excess back into the jug. Cook crepe for about 1 minute until underside is golden, then use a metal spatula to flip. Cook other side for just under a minute until golden.

4. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Repeat for remaining crepe mixture, stacking crepes on the plate as you go.

Raspberry Jam:
5. Crush raspberries coarsely with a potato masher or blender.

6. Place raspberries and sugar in a large, heavy based 6 litre pot.

7. Heat mixture over a low heat until sugar is dissolved. Do not allow to boil.

8. Add butter then increase heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down).

9. Boil for 4 minutes only. Remove from heat, skim off any foam, test for set and bottle in pre-sterilised jars.

Comments

This raspberry jam is surprisingly quick and easy to make thanks to the special CSR Jam Setting Sugar, and it tastes so much better than store brought!

Jam Setting Sugar

Ingredients: Sugar (98%), Gelling Agent (Pectin) (0.7%), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Vegetable Oil.

CSR Jam Setting Sugar makes it quick and easy for you to create delicious jams that have a fresh fruit flavour and retain the natural colour of the fruit. The special blend of sugar, apple pectin and citric acid ensures that your soft fruit jams will set every time. CSR Jam Setting Sugar is ideal for fruits low in pectin - such a strawberries, raspberries, plums, apricots, blackberries, blueberries, pears, peaches, figs, rhubarb and sweet navel oranges. It can be used with either fresh or frozen fruit.

Raw Caster Sugar

Ingredients: Cane sugar

CSR Raw Caster Sugar is one of baking’s best kept secrets! CSR Raw Caster Sugar combines the honey-like flavour of raw sugar with a finer crystal size that is ideal for baking. The smaller crystal size dissolves quickly and caramelises evenly, giving baked goods a lovely light golden brown finish.